METEOROLOGY/AGRONOMY/ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 404/504


Block 3 Exam

5 May 1997
  1. Define sustainable development and discuss some of the key issues that are essential in such a process.


  2. Discuss how forecasts of El Nino a season in advance are being used in South America


  3. Discuss tropical forest ecosystem fragmentation as it relates to species creation and species destruction. Give examples.


  4. There likely will be winners and losers in agricultural production under climate change.

    • List two nations that likely will be winners and state why.


    • List two nations that likely will be losers and state why.


    • Discuss the equity issues that arise in consideration of perpetrators and winners/losers in climate change.


  5. Demographic transition

    • Define this term and give examples of nations at various stages.


    • Discuss some actions that might be taken to accelerate this process.


  6. Discuss the parts of the human eye that might be adversely affected by UV radiation.


  7. Fresh water supply and demand

    • What does it mean that a region that has a large positive value of elasticity?


    • What US sector is the largest user of fresh water?


    • Discuss the changes in demand for fresh water in the US in the last 20 years and give a possible explanation for the trend.


  8. Briefly describe the goal of the Iowa Greenhouse Gas Action Plan.